Kant and the Interests of Reason.

Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Humans as hybrids -- Kant's conception of reason -- Freedom and necessity -- The problem of transcendental freedom -- Conclusion -- 2. A brief exercise in transcendental idealism -- The nature of necessity -- The doctrine of ideas -- The doctrine of practical knowledge -- Conclusion -- 3. The moral law -- What is the moral law? -- Morality and the interests of reason -- Conclusion -- 4. The fact of reason -- The Grundlegung account -- The transition to the fact of reason -- The fact of reason -- Conclusion -- 5. The will -- The faculty of desire -- Negative freedom -- The highest maxim -- The principle of self-love -- Problems with Kant's theory of the will -- Conclusion -- 6. Value -- The predispositions of human nature -- Kant's theory of value -- Value and teleology -- Conclusion -- 7. The highest good -- The ambiguity in Kant's conception of the highest good -- The juridical conception of the highest good -- The maximal conception of the highest good -- Conclusion -- 8. Aufklärung -- The history of reason -- Aufklärung -- The possibility of progress -- Conclusion -- 9. Social life -- Human beings are destined for society -- Entering civil society -- Ethical community -- The highest good as a social conception of the good life -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Works by Kant -- Secondary literature -- Subject index -- Index of names.

This series publishes outstanding monographs and edited volumes that investigate all aspects of Kant's philosophy, including its systematic relationship to other philosophical approaches, both past and present. Studies that appear in the series are distinguished by their innovative nature and ability to close lacunae in the research. In this way, the series is a venue for the latest findings in scholarship on Kant.

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